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The STW 2010 Good Pub Guide

85 posts & 61 voices | Started 2 years ago by CaptainFlashheart | Latest reply from duntmatter

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HeathenWoods - Member

Missed this the first time round. Great idea for a thread; here's a couple more..

Derby.
The Flower Pot
Brunswick Inn

Derbyshire.
Old Oak Inn in Horsley Woodhouse
The Red Lion Inn in Birchover (it's now surpassed the sadly over-rated Druids Inn)

Turks Head, Rothbury.

Ha. I nearly remember drunken teenage nights in the basement there many moons ago (tbh, it might also have been the Newcastle Arms). I can only guess it's moved upmarket in the intervening years, but then again I hear Rothbury has as a whole.

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Teggs Horatio Stegosaur - Member

The Monkey @ Defford. No real bar so stand out in the orchard with your home brew jake.

Some cracking pubs out west of the Malverns, like the Stag at Titley, Live & let Live Bringsty Common, Bridge Inn Kentchurch, Green Dragon Bishops Frome to mention a few.

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allthepies - Member

Brunswick Inn + 1

and while we're in Derby - The Falstaff http://www.falstaffbrewery.co.uk/index.php

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ton - Member

the ruhr goch inn is nice too.

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HeathenWoods - Member

The Falstaff! I've not been there for a few years - i see they've had a doing up. Looks great!

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speaker2animals - Member

Coach & Horses-Hanley, Greyhound-Hartshill, Post Office Vaults, Leopard & Bulls Head-Burslem, The Swan-Stone, The Greyhound and The Spittal Brook-Stafford, The Brittania Inn-Elterwater, The Dolphin-Derby, Den Engel & Wilkes Head-Leek, Britain's Protection, ODD Bar, Fringe Bar & The Marble Inn-Manchester, The Blue Bell-Hardings Wood. Admiral Nelson and Swan Hotel-Southwold.

I think that's enough to be going on with.

Posted 2 years ago #
Supertackysteve - Member

the Red Lion in Whitworth Lancs - landlord keeps a mean pint of blacksheep among others, lets you put your bikes in his secure logstore and has a roaring indoor fire that you can sit next to in all your stinking wet muddied up fineness - perfect !!

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i_am_JC - Member

Got to add the Lochranza hotel on Arran. Was always the highlight of the geology fieldtrips during sixth form. Plus it has one of the best whisky lists I've ever seen. Literally hundreds of options. You can spend an absolute fortune at the bar and walk away with a single. Some of the bottles stashed away in the back are crazy!

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user-removed - Member

My local - The Stables in New Herrington - turned up a month ago covered (literally) in mud and the barmaid insisted we come in, sit down and warm up. We'd been planning to sit out in the snow and scoff a quick burger washed down with a pint...

Great food, proper ales and fantastic atmos.

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DaveyBoyWonder - Member

The Works in Sowerby Bridge is decent for a night out.

For a 'proper' pub, the Spring Rock on the edge of Norland Moor wins it. Excellent ales, excellent food and just so happens to be linked into various rides from my doorstep with little trouble.

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MussEd - Member

Volunteer Arms, Musselburgh. Commonly known as Stagg's.

I don't hold truck with the notion that a decent pub must serve food. Stagg's doesn't but does sell Seabrook crisps and they are ACE! and they permit you to take take away food in to eat if you so desire.

Posted 2 years ago #
lunge - Member

My votes go to:
The Waggon and Horses, Halesowen – a heady mix of great beer and random people
The Vine, Clent – Perfect spot for a mid ride beer and the hot sandwiches are magnificent
The Maverick, Amblecote, near Stourbridge – Good beer, strange people, near a good bike shop and with the added bonus of live bands as well
The Windsor Castle, Lye, near Stourbridge – Home of Sadlers brewery, great home cooked food and a perfect location for a post pub curry

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Ambrose - Member

Bump. I love a good pub I do

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duntmatter - Member

I refuse to define my favourite pub until I have seen them all. Sam Smiths pubs are oases of proper pubness in That London's Famous London though. Twice did a 21 pub Sam Smiths pub-crawl. Change from £40 too!

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duntmatter - Member

Oops. Double post.

Yep, twice.

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